A League of Legends player encountered a strange technical glitch while attempting to purchase Riot Points through the game client. When the payment overlay opened, it displayed a login screen for Mission Vista Academy—a real public charter school in Southern California—instead of Riot’s normal purchase page.
The player captured a screen recording showing the misdirected page, which prompted for an email address to proceed. The form appeared to be the school’s legitimate login portal at missionvistaacademy.org, not a Riot Games domain.
The issue resolved itself after the player closed and relaunched the League client. A friend who attempted the same purchase immediately after reported no problems, suggesting the glitch was isolated to a single instance.
League‘s client uses a Chromium-based embedded browser to render web content, including payment flows. When players buy RP—the in-game currency used for cosmetic items and event passes—the client opens a webview that routes through Riot’s payment platform and various payment service providers depending on region.
Community discussion pointed to DNS issues as the most likely culprit. DNS (Domain Name System) translates website addresses into IP addresses that computers can use. A misconfiguration or cache error at the device, router, ISP, or even payment processor level can return the wrong IP for a domain, sending a web request to an unintended destination.
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Other potential causes include custom DNS resolvers serving incorrect records, local hosts file modifications, router-level DNS hijacking, or transient routing errors. The player mentioned using a dynamically assigned IP address from their ISP, which could have contributed to a temporary routing mishap.
No widespread reports of similar incidents emerged. The player did not enter any information on the misdirected page, and no data breach or credential compromise occurred. Riot Games has not publicly commented on the mix-up.
The payment options visible in the client included a tier priced around $430, which corresponds to premium content like the Ahri “Hall of Fame” skin bundle. These ultra-premium cosmetics can reach several hundred dollars depending on regional pricing and package contents.
Players should always verify the URL and security certificate before entering payment information in embedded browsers. If a payment window redirects to an unfamiliar page, cancel the transaction immediately and restart the client. Flushing DNS cache, checking router DNS settings, or switching to public DNS resolvers like Cloudflare (1.1.1.1) or Google (8.8.8.8) can help prevent routing issues.
